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The Aspiration Prayer for Self-Appearance’s Pure Realm

In this pure realm of self-appearance,Rainbows and light fill the sky’s expanse,Here reside bodhisattvas, bodhisattvis, and offering gods and goddesses—May all wandering beings enjoy its happiness and glory.

By nature, the five poisons are perfect purity,They’re the five wisdoms’ energy and play,Skandhas and dhatus, perfectly pure, are the male and female tathagatas,The senses and their objects, perfectly pure, are the bodhisattvas and sattvis,May all enjoy this mahasukha wisdom energy.

May all beings who have a connection with meOf either positive or negative karmic deedsBe deeply beloved to me, just like my friends and family,And help me to perform the deeds of enlightenment.

By the power of my perfectly pure aspiration prayersFor all the beings to whom I give my flesh and blood,When I reach the path of the noble ones, may they become my students,And when I attain the state of enlightenment, may they be my first retinue.

May all beings whose flesh I eat with compassion,Through the power of the skillful means of prayersTake their place in my first retinue, and then may I lead them on the path—May I set them on the path that leads to great enlightenment.

From the land in the center of the European Union19Having left earth to fly twixt clouds and sun,In an airship so miraculous, like an emanationI made this perfectly pure aspiration prayer.

Dechen Rangdrol spoke this extemporaneously and Ari Goldfield wrote it down and translated it. Sarva Mangalam—may everything be virtuous and auspicious. July 25, 2005. Translation copyright 2012, Ari Goldfield.